A few of my favorite records

We here at the Merc had a little fun this week picking the best song of all time. I opted for “Shout,” considering its unrivaled ability for the past 50 years to induce joy on the dance floor, no matter who plays it. (Only Tom Petty has managed to screw it up.) Everybody loves it, right?

But let’s be honest. I never play “Shout” on my home hi-fi. It’s not one of my 10 favorite recordings of all time, or even my Top 100. I figured the best song of all time had to be something with near-universal appeal, with historical heft, while most of my colleagues took a different approach, simply writing about recordings they loved. Well, heck, that’s a lot easier and a lot more fun to do!

So here, then, are a few of my very favorite records. In general, they’re not records that remind me of high school buddies or college high jinks or a woman I knew way back when (although I have put some of them on multiple mix tapes for pretty girls). In several cases, I don’t know a single other person who loves these records. It’s just like those Italian poems of Dylan’s — these records pour out of my speakers as if they were written in my soul. Who can say why? Your results may (and almost certainly will) differ, but that’s the fun in something like this. So with absolutely no suggestion that these are the best of all time (with one exception), here are five recordings that I love with all my heart and will till the day I die:

“You and Your Sister” — Chris Bell (1978). It’s not because Chris Bell died tragically a year after this record, a virtual unknown. It’s not because the tune only came out on the flip side of an obscure 45 (Bell’s full-length solo debut came out posthumously in 1992). It’s not because this features Bell singing once again — for the last time — with his old Big Star compadre Alex Chilton. It’s because the song’s sweet, poignant, melancholy sound and lyrics destroy me. If I had to pick a favorite syllable in all of recorded music, it’s the way Bell sings the word “time” in the line “All I want to do/Is to spend some time with you.” Heartbreakingly beautiful.

“Let’s Do It” — Paul Westerberg and Joan Jett (1995). For whatever reason, this rocked-up version of a Cole Porter classic from the soundtrack of “Tank Girl,” of all things, makes me jump around like no other record. Well, heck, there are plenty of good reasons. The ex-premier Placemat is probably my favorite singer of all time, and his chemistry with Jett is priceless. Everyone seems to be having a blast, the agreeably rough-edged arrangement is perfect, and the Porter lyrics still shine wittily through the ruckus.

“Girl, Don’t Tell Me” — the Beach Boys(1965). I know this song about a sadder-but-wiser summer lover is just Brian Wilson’s attempt to knock off “Ticket to Ride,” but it’s probably the tune that gets stuck in my head the most and my No. 1 shower-singing jam of all time (the rest of the Top 5: “Daydream Believer,” “Red Dragon Tattoo” by Fountains of Wayne, “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” and “Aches and Pains,” by the Bears).

“Someday” — Jones and Leva (1997). The most obscure thing on the list, unless you happen to be a close follower of the progressive wing of Appalachian old-time music. But I’m telling you — this composition by Kentucky native Carol Elizabeth Jones is one of the greatest, saddest and truest breakup songs of all time, and I love singing the low harmony part on the chorus, done here by her then-husband James Leva. The whole album — “Light Enough to Find My Way” — is really good, so pick it up if you ever come across it.

“A Quick One (While He’s Away)” — The Who (1968). I’m referring, of course, to the version performed in December 1968 at the Rolling Stones’ Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus (readily available on YouTube). For years, it was the only clip available from said circus, as a scene in the Who documentary “The Kids Are Alright,” seeing as how the ‘Oo so blew the host band off the stage that Mick Jagger wouldn’t release the Stones’ footage. Anyway, this captures the most thrilling rock band of all time at the top of their game, giving their all to a sublime and ridiculous eight-minute Townshend “mini-opera” about infidelity and forgiveness. Apparently, Green Day has been playing around with this one to get in the groove for “21st Century Breakdown”; man, if they’d done that at the DNA Lounge I would have exploded with joy on the spot. (Why didn’t I pick this for best song of all time?! Can I get a do-over?)

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